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Protein Aggregation and Immunogenicity

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Any substance can be rendered immunogenic!<br />

Soluble molecules:<br />

B-cell tolerance<br />

Repetitive epitopes on polymeric or<br />

particulate drug carriers: B-cell stimulation<br />

Prerequisites:<br />

• At least 10-20 repetitive epitopes ()<br />

• Inter-epitope distance between 5-10 nm<br />

Jiskoot et al., Pharm Res 26: 1303-1314 (2009)

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